Mobile Application Developer, Consultant

Job Title

The Digital Platform team creates and maintains the foundation and features upon which Stellarus technical products are built. The Full Stack Engineer will report to the Senior Manager, Digital Applications. In this role you will work across Platform and Product level to identify, create and evolve the foundation and features of the Digital Platform. You will be deeply involved in the design, development, and deployment of secure, high-quality software solutions for the Mobile applications area. Your role will focus on integrating security and automation throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), with an emphasis on writing clean, maintainable code and building infrastructure that supports CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud-native delivery. You'll implement and enforce DevSecOps best practices tailored for Azure, contribute to infrastructure as code, and work closely with developers, testers, and cloud engineers to ensure code is secure, scalable, and production-ready from day one. This role requires a hands-on engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about code quality, automation, and secure cloud development.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• With an Artificial Intelligence (AI) forward approach, design and develop user interfaces and application programs using technical specifications and design documents, with a focus on mobile applications and cloud-native solutions and modern frameworks
• Develop the most efficient and cost-effective implementation, leveraging reusable features where possible
• Drive operational excellence, including but not limited to Incident Management, process automation leveraging AI, and ensuring smooth deployments for your technology products/platform features
• Recommend and implement improvements to departmental processes to enhance agility and efficiency
• Enhance the reliability, scalability, and utilization of systems and applications through continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices
• Monitor and manage software configuration changes to anticipate and address data reliability and customer satisfaction issues, leveraging cloud monitoring tools and practices
• Coordinate sustaining support for multiple application platforms or business processes, ensuring seamless integration and operation in a cloud environment
• Be self-directed, work with limited management direction and exercise considerable latitude in determining the technical objectives of the assignment
• Apply significant knowledge of IT and healthcare industry trends

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Requires a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in enterprise and mobile application support and cloud-based solution delivery.
• Skilled in building mobile applications using React Native is a requirement. Experience in native coding for iOS and Android is preferred.
• Experience using AI tools (GitHub Copilot, Rovo, Claude, etc.) to build mobile applications and leveraging AI tools in the CI/CD pipeline highly preferred.
• Solid experience with JavaScript, along with CSS responsive design practices
• Strong scripting and automation skills using tools such as PowerShell, ANT, Jython, Python, InstallShield, and SCCM, with experience in automating builds, deployments, and configurations.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions) and Infrastructure as Code tools like Ansible to automate cloud deployments.
• Proven hands-on experience in the design, coding, integration, and deployment of mobile applications and related mobile tools.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, service-oriented architecture, and enterprise cloud integration, preferably with experience in Microsoft Azure.
• Demonstrated/ Excellent ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional teams, with excellent verbal and written communication skills to translate and execute technical deliverable (Pick demonstrated or excellent depending on level of role)
• Preferred experience in the healthcare industry.
• Strong process orientation with the ability to follow and improve procedures for critical maintenance and operational tasks.

About Us

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

Stellarus' vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus' objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California's vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Our Workplace Model:

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.